Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Judge Rules Millionaire Father Does Not Have To Pay Child Support

In a ruling that San Jose family lawyers find very interesting, a judge has ruled
that a custodial father whose assets are worth millions of dollars, is not
obliged to make child support payments
to the mother, in spite of the huge gap in incomes.

The ruling was delivered by an appeals court
in New York, which ruled that the Provisions of the Child-Support Standards Act
of 1989 prevented the mother in this case from receiving child support from the
child's father.The father has custody of the 9-year-old child for the
majority of the time.

The only income that the mother has is a $5,000
a month in pendente lite child support payment from the child's father, as well
as $1,000 in child support payments that she gets from the father of her
daughter.

The father in this particular case owns
approximately $20 million in assets.The couple who have never lived together and never been married agreed
that the father should have custody of the child during the school year, and
the mother should have primary custody of the child during the summer.The father then moved to deny that he
should be eligible to pay for child support, because he was the custodial
parent, taking care of the child for most of the year.The mother insisted that because of the
disparity in incomes and the fact that the child lived with her during a few
months of the year, child-support should be paid.

According to the court however, the father's wealth
does not increase his liability in terms of child support payments.The court has ruled that the
Child-Support Standards Act has established a standard for child support
payments that is used for determining payments.Noncustodial parents are required to pay the amount that is
determined as per the Child-Support Standards Act.